---
title: "swasia - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/?view=category&id=50"
date: "2026-11-06T02:29:57+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

swasia

 [ ![History of Vegetarian Societies in South & West Asia](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/swasia-history.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-swasia-history.html)

## [History of Vegetarian Societies in South & West Asia](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu/hv-general-swasia-history.html)

A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Da…

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 [ ![West Asia](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/farm4.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6754:swasia-index&catid=50)

## [West Asia](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6754:swasia-index&catid=50)

IVU Members working in the region: Sabina Fund - awards small grants to grassroots groups Food for Life Global - uniting the worl…

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 [ ![Indian Vegetarian Societies](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/swasia-india-history.png) ](https://ivu.org/hv-societies-ivu-swasia-india-history.html)

## [Indian Vegetarian Societies](https://ivu.org/hv-societies-ivu-swasia-india-history.html)

The first Vegetarian Society that we know of was established in 1889 in the Punjab, but it was not immediately reported in Englan…

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 [ ![Membership/Supporter Form](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/swasia-joinform-india.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6267:swasia-joinform-india&catid=50)

## [Membership/Supporter Form](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6267:swasia-joinform-india&catid=50)

Send 576 214, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India. Full Membership is open to any non-profit organisation whose primary purpose it to p…

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 [ ![IVU World](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/swasia-subscribe.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6268:swasia-subscribe&catid=50)

## [IVU World](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6268:swasia-subscribe&catid=50)

19th - 1967 Delhi / Bombay / Madras 24th - 1977 Delhi / Bombay / Calcutta / Madras 30th - 1993 Madras 37th - 2006 Goa Go for life!

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 [ ![Middle East Veg Group at MENOPE](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/swasia/meveg/index_clip_image002.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6755:swasia-meveg-index&catid=515)

## [Middle East Veg Group at MENOPE](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=6755:swasia-meveg-index&catid=515)

The Middle East Veg Group Stand drew great interest with an attractive Photo Exhibition in the Middle East Natural and Organic Pr…

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